Dean Curley

Luke Hill was the first of that group.

Then it was Dean Curley, then Aaron Walton.

I think you and I are both pretty impressed there in Walton.

And then, you know, Bennett Thompson also pushed his way up to, you really liked him a ton.

You know,

there is some Cooper Engel to that, but I'll say the other thing that stands out, Bennett Thompson, highest line drive percentage in the minor league system this year, too.

Number two is Dean Curley, you know, Engel three, Alfonso Rosario four.

If you're looking at guys who played in the higher levels, like Churio would be next story.

So my third baseman is just about the opposite of yours.

And I've got Dean Curley of the Guardians.

And the reason why it's an opposite is you're concerned about walks.

I'm only not concerned about walks from the second round pick in the 2025 MLB draft.

And since that time, the adjustment, the recoil has been a sub 12% walk rate and the strikeout rate has remained 40%, which is of course concerning.

The other concern is defensive home.

Do we think Dean Curley is a third baseman? Or does he all of a sudden migrate out to left field and the oasis that could be there? I can't imagine that's in the cards for him.

I think he is corner infielder.

Number six, I have Aaron Walton.

And number seven, I've got Dean Curley, both members of that 25 draft class.

And then number eight, we have Welbin Francisca.

And I will get to Welbin here in just a minute.

Unless he starts to find a little bit more aggression in the zone, he is more passive than Cooper Engel is, which is saying something.

This is a level that I've talked about it, how much better Mike Sirota has gotten in the Dodgers system in his aggression in the zone and still being selective but not being passive.

And that's something that I really want to see Curley.

take a step up with because it's all there for him.